A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English Language: Sabie-Zepheria. IndexD. G. Francis, 1866 |
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... course to be expected , but even these are few , and in no respect change the meaning of a single sentence . The main discordance is , that in the copy of 1640 the jests are numbered , while in that of 1673 they are not numbered . We ...
... course to be expected , but even these are few , and in no respect change the meaning of a single sentence . The main discordance is , that in the copy of 1640 the jests are numbered , while in that of 1673 they are not numbered . We ...
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... course , means Boccaccio's De præclaris Mulieribus , not his variegated " Decameron . " He would especially have girls taught household duties , to see that " the chambers are kept cleanly , " and even to note how the servants " laye ...
... course , means Boccaccio's De præclaris Mulieribus , not his variegated " Decameron . " He would especially have girls taught household duties , to see that " the chambers are kept cleanly , " and even to note how the servants " laye ...
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... course to that which Christopher Brooke had taken in his very able poem , “ The Ghost of Richard the Third , " ( see Vol . I. p . 114. ) Thomas Heywood also had produced an excellent play upon the same incidents treated in Sampson's ...
... course to that which Christopher Brooke had taken in his very able poem , “ The Ghost of Richard the Third , " ( see Vol . I. p . 114. ) Thomas Heywood also had produced an excellent play upon the same incidents treated in Sampson's ...
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... course of the voyage to which the tract applies . The origin of the publication appears to have been this : - At the siege and sack of Cadiz , under the Earl of Essex and others , a Spanish printed letter , from Don Bernaldino ...
... course of the voyage to which the tract applies . The origin of the publication appears to have been this : - At the siege and sack of Cadiz , under the Earl of Essex and others , a Spanish printed letter , from Don Bernaldino ...
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... course according as occasion shall serve , tyll time com- maunde to take away : which done , grace sayd , and the table taken up , the plate presently conveyed into the pantrie , the Haul summons this consort of companions ( upon payne ...
... course according as occasion shall serve , tyll time com- maunde to take away : which done , grace sayd , and the table taken up , the plate presently conveyed into the pantrie , the Haul summons this consort of companions ( upon payne ...
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Page 259 - The Painfull Adventures of Pericles Prince of Tyre. Being the true History of the Play of Pericles, as it was lately presented by the worthy and ancient Poet lohn Gower. At London. Printed by TP for Nat. Butter. 1608.
Page 20 - Vincentio Saviolo his Practise. In two Bookes. The first intreating of the use of the Rapier and Dagger. The second of Honor and honorable Quarrels.
Page 63 - Age,' published by Thomas Lodge in 1596, one of the devils is said to be ' a foule lubber, and looks as pale as the vizard of the ghost, who cried so miserably at the theatre, Hamlet, revenge.
Page 56 - An \ Apologie \ for Poetrie. \ Written by the right noble, vertu-\ous, and learned, Sir Phillip \ Sidney, Knight. \\ Odi profanum vulgus, et arceo. || At London, | Printed for Henry Olney, and are to be sold at \ his shop in Paules C hurch-yard, at the signe \ of the George, neere to Cheap-gate. \ Anno 1595.
Page 226 - There are also heere inserted two excellent Madrigalls of Master William Byrds, composed after the Italian vaine, at the request of the sayd Thomas Watson.
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Page 197 - The Scourge of Venus : or, The wanton Lady. With the rare birth of Adonis.
Page 228 - Adonis with his amber tresses, Faire fire-hot Venus charming him to love her, Chaste Lucretia, virgine-like her dresses, Proud lust-stung Tarquine, seeking still to prove her...
Page 170 - Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs, and Sonets; with a Discourse of the friendly Affections of Tymetes to Pindarahis Ladie.
Page 232 - The Phoenix of these late times : Or the life of Mr. Henry Welby, Esq. who lived at his house in Grub-street forty foure yeares, and in that space was never seene by any.